Since my last extended period of being in a Spanish speaking country didn’t produce much results, we decided to enroll in a few Spanish classes during our week in Buenos Aires.  The morning class was more traditional, in a classroom setting and the afternoon class was a combination, tour/language class where we went around the city to different areas and learned some practical Spanish.  We had to go to the bus station, the supermarket and restaurants and try to practice what we learned.  It was pretty fun and an interesting way to see the city.  Unfortunately Argentinian Spanish is a bit odd so it’s kind of like being taught to have a speech impediment to the rest of the Spanish speaking world, but  at least I can now ask where the bathroom is.

Argentina is known for its delicious beef, and by looking at this photo how could you have any doubts?? If you can believe, this is the rib eye steak Mike ordered at La Cabrera in Buenos Aires. My guess is that it was 2 pounds of beef, maybe more. It was big enough to measure in terms of volume/cubic inches– that’s how thick and crazy big it was. My order of the bife de chorizo (the rump steak) was also a giant serving and tasted even better than the ribeye.
If I knew how large the portions were we would have shared one steak, especially since we sat down to eat around 10:30PM (which is the typical time Argentines eat).